Clothesline reel



May 29, R923; L456f704 L. MEDVED CLOTHESLINE REEL IIII uuml un Patented May 29, 1923i..

CLOTHESLNE REEL.

Application filed July 3,

To @Zt 'Lo/om it may concern.'

lie it known that l, Louis Mnnvnn, a citizen of the United States, and resident of lviilwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of lfVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes? line Reels; and do hereby declare thatr the 'following is a full, clear,fand exact description thereof.

This invention relates to clothes lineA reels, and is particularly directed to a reel adapted to be operated by hand.

Ubjeets of this invention are to provide a clothes linev reel which is portable, which may be temporarily7 attached at one end of the yard, for instance, which is adapted to keep the line o the ground while it is being; reeled up, and which is provided with a guiding eyeletv adapted tobe moved by the line itself and to relieve the line ofthe major portion of the wear.

Further objects are to provide a portable clothes line reel, which is of extremely light and durable construction, and which is provided with a handle or grip readily accessible, and which may be cheaply and readily manufactured at a minimum expense.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is an vend view of the device with one-half of the casing removed and with a portion of the mechanism broken away to more clearly illustrate the construction, such figure corresponding to a sectional view on the line l-l 0f Figure 2.

Figure 2 is a plan view, partly in section, illustrating the apparatus in the position of temporary attachment.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view on the line 3--3 of Figure l.

The device comprises a two-part casing formed of the portions l and 2, preferably stamped or punched from sheet material. Fach of these portions is provided with alined perforated lugs 3 and 4 adapted to be bolted together, as indicated at 5, so as to completely house the internal mechanism. Each of these portions is provided with an outwardly extending hub 6 adapted to receive a transverse operating shaft 7. The sections l and 2 are provided with slotted portions or cut-outs 8, which are adapted to aline, as indicated in Figure 2, when the two sections are bolted together. An eyelet 10 is mounted within this slotted portion and is provided with internal and external 1922. Serial No. 572,641.

flanges ll and l2 adapted to cooperate with the uppcrand lower edges of the slotted portion and te freely slide l ack and fortl'i across the slotted opening. The bottom portion of cach of the sections l and 2 may be provided with an integral half handle member lf3, so that when trie sections are bolted together, a rounded handle or .rrip is provided. lf, however, it is desired to form the handle as a separate entity from the remaining' portions of the apparatus, it obvious that such handle may be attached to projecting' lungs in a well-known manner.

ln orderto temporarily support the device, the rear portion oi? each of the sections is provided with a rearwardly extending projection i4, which tern'iinates in a laterally projecting portion l5. rFliese projecting members together form a T -shaped attachinp, clip integrally formed with the main portion or casings l and 2, as may be seen from Figure 2.

Any desired type of bracket, such vas the angular bracket 16, may be provided and may be secured to any fixed support. This bracket is channel shape in section, as may be seen from Figure l, and is provided with a slot l? through its upper flange, and with a vertical slot l8through the web portion 19, indicated in dottedlines in Figure l.

.It will be seen, therefore, that it is a comparatively simple matter to temporarily attach the reel tothe support, as it is merely necessary to elevate the reel slightly and to slide the T-shaped rearward projection into the slot of the bracket 1G. It is of course understood that any other desired type of securing means may be employed in place of the bracket and T-shaped means described. -For instance, a hook and eye may be employed. as will be readily understood.

The operating; or transverse shaft 7 has a crank arm 2O secured thereto in any desired manner, as, for example, by screw threads,

a squared section. or by being pressed there- 

